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Child Labour Effects of Access to Basic Utilities

Child Labour Effects of Access to Basic Utilities

Evidence from Five Countries

Chapter:

(p.104)
6 Child Labour Effects of Access to Basic Utilities

Source:

The Economics of Child Labour

Author(s):

Alessandro Cigno

Furio Camillo Rosati

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

DOI:10.1093/0199264457.003.0007

Access to basic utilities can influence household decisions relative to the allocation of the children’s time. The need to provide the household with basic commodities like water and fuel increases the opportunity cost of the children’s time. Micro-econometric evidence from five countries shows that access to basic utilities does indeed play an important role in determining the supply of child labour. The authors use a methodology based on propensity score matching to identify a causal link between access to water and electricity, and child labour. The results highlight the role of cross-sectoral policies in addressing child labour.

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PRINTED FROM OXFORD SCHOLARSHIP ONLINE (www.oxfordscholarship.com). (c) Copyright Oxford University Press, 2020. All Rights Reserved. An individual user may print out a PDF of a single chapter of a monograph in OSO for personal use. date: 07 June 2020